The Southern Scuffle will act as the Flames final competition for the 2010 calendar year, as the squad will travel to Greensboro, N.C., to compete in the two-day tournament Wednesday and Thursday, inside the Special Events Center of the Greensboro Coliseum. The event will also be Liberty's final tournament-style event of the regular season.

Head Coach Jesse Castro's squad is coming off a solid performance in Reno at the Tournament of Champions. The Flames finished in 16th place in the 30-team field, accumulating 40.5 team points behind fourth and sixth-place finishes from Scott Clymer (149 pounds) and Chad Porter (165 pounds).

The Flames are competing in the UNC Greensboro-hosted event for the fourth consecutive year, and look to build upon the success from the past two years at the Southern Scuffle. After finishing 24th out of 29 teams in 2007, the program has posted 16th place finishes in the 2008 and 2009 versions of the event, where the field included 31 teams each year.

Last year Frankie Gayeski placed fourth in the event to lead the squad, while Christian Smith was Liberty's highest placewinner in 2008 with a seventh-place showing.

In a field of nearly 600 individual grapplers, the field contains 63 wrestlers who are inside of InterMat's most recent top 20 rankings. Four weight classes will include the No. 1 ranked grappler, including 149 pounds, where 2010 NCAA Champion Kyle Dake of Cornell will try to claim another championship at the Southern Scuffle after winning last year's title at 141 pounds.

The 149-pound weight class is looked upon by many as being the most exciting, as Dake could end up meeting NC State's Darrion Caldwell, who was the 2009 NCAA Champion.

Cornell is looking for its third consecutive team title at the Southern Scuffle and enters the event with six ranked competitors.

Liberty's upperclassmen will once again be looked upon for leadership at this tournament, especially from those who have competed multiple times in Greensboro.

After nabbing fourth-place finishes at the Keystone Classic (Nov. 21) and the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 19), redshirt junior Scott Clymer will look to place for the third time this season at 149 pounds, as he competes in the Southern Scuffle for the fourth time. Clymer posted 2-2 records in his freshman and redshirt sophomore campaigns, while going 0-2 when he redshirted in 2008. Clymer currently leads the Flames in victories, with 11 overall wins on the year.

Joe Pantaleo at 133 pounds, Julian Colon at 157 pounds and Chad Porter at 165 pounds are the other Flames who have competed in the event multiple times.

Pantaleo holds a 5-4 record in two years of competition in Greensboro, and would be taking to the mats for the first time in over a month, after facing an injury in the Keystone Classic.

Colon has posted 2-2 records in each showing at the Southern Scuffle, and comes to the tournament winning five of his last seven bouts.

After placing sixth at the Reno Tournament of Champions, Porter will look to improve upon his past experience. The redshirt senior has competed two times in this event, posting a 2-4 mark.

Fellow redshirt senior Josh Pelletier competed in the Southern Scuffle last year for the first time, and posted a 4-2 record. Pelletier comes into the event after missing the Reno Tournament of Champions, yet is still tied for second on the team with 10 overall victories.

For Liberty fans looking to follow the Flames progress through the Southern Scuffle, updates will be available in a variety of ways. Host UNC Greensboro will have live video available through Spartan All-Access. More information is available by following the link at the top of the page.

LibertyFlames.com coverage will include live coverage from Greensboro, including Twitter updates as well as blog coverage throughout the day.

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A link to the blog will be provided prior to the event, and will be ongoing through the tournament. Look for coverage to begin between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Wednesday and around 9 a.m. on Thursday.